The Hunter's Ninth Tail
#6 of Verse and Other Nonsense!
While trying to make the perfect coat a man encounters a fox. He does end up with a fur coat in the end . . .
The Hunter's Ninth Tail
The mighty hunter stalked his prey
Through boughs of fir and pine.
He had eight pelts to make his coat
But in all he needed nine.
A vestment to prove his worth
And show the world his skill;
To verify his excellence
Nine foxes would he kill.
He found the tracks and then his mark
With fluffy tail held high.
It's amber eyes looked up at him,
Just daring him to try.
Bow drawn taut he took his aim.
The fox just sat and waited.
It stared directly at the man
So unanticipated.
He took his shot, but coughed and missed,
The fox just wasn't there!
The man looked round and all about
And scratched his tussled hair.
Suddenly he lurched and hacked,
Something caught in his throat.
A heavy rounded weight was there,
Sinking as he choked.
It settled in his stomach
With an oddly solid heat.
He shook his head dismissively
And rose back to his feet.
His footing was unsteady
And his vision blurred;
The forest swam around him
Until it was obscured.
Then a noise behind him
Did make him turn about.
What he saw surprised him,
But he stifled in his shout.
A lovely woman walked there
And she turned her toothsome head,
She wore a lovely floral robe,
Her hair a fiery red.
Excuse me Sir, I have misplaced
My very special ball.
It was given as a gift to me
And I'm sure that it did fall
Out of my bag near here somewhere,
I'm almost certain of it.
If you could help me find it,
My dear sir, I'd love it.
The man bent down and looked around,
Her request was not refused.
The woman was so beautiful
There was nothing else to choose.
But as he circled carefully
His head pulled back in fright
As he looked behind the woman
And her tails fell in his sight.
To numerous to count they shook
As she walked in with a grin
To the fallen crawling man,
Much to his chagrin.
Her eyes were golden: foxy,
and her face was vulpine too.
He saw her claws and whiskers
As his fear rose up anew.
I see that you were hunting
And your tails are numbered eight.
This feat has taken prowess
And your skills they must be great.
Oh, Stop groveling you shame yourself.
Your actions they degrade you.
Worry not my darling man,
For I'm just here to aid you.
I know where you can find a tail
Or even track down nine.
I have some years experience
As you can tell from mine.
She turned her hips and the man watched;
Her luscious tails all shook.
His eyes followed them mesmerized
Away he could not look.
Now your way of finding tails
Is quite unique indeed,
But I have a different plan
That will fulfill your need.
She drew in tight, close to the man
And tussled up his hair.
She pulled the laces on his shirt
Until his chest was bare.
Her foxy scent hung in the air.
She leaned in for a kiss.
Struck dumb, the man just stood there,
His mind reeling in bliss.
Black thin lips did touch his own.
Whiskers twitched against his skin.
Her wet pink tongue flicked in and out
Again and then again.
As she worked his nose pressed out
And turned a leathern black.
As he smelled her truest scent
His body all went slack.
That sultry burning vulpine smell
Did shake him to his core,
But all that he could bare to think
Was how he wanted more.
Yes, I think you start to see
My darling little man.
Now you can sense the details
Of my clever little plan.
It's cute the way your hands raise up
And press in, disbelieving.
Your twitching whiskers on your face
Your senses aren't deceiving.
But don't be shy I've seen your lust
For lovely foxy fur.
So just relax and let me help,
She rumbled with a purr.
Her golden eyes did wander then
Over his twisting mass.
His fur was growing fluffy,
And his manner much less crass.
With arms twisting and fidgeting
He rubbed his itching shirt
Until he couldn't stand it
and he tossed it to the dirt.
A luscious pelt as least as nice
As any you have skinned.
Don't worry, just relax now,
And give your body in,
To sharper senses, sharper teeth
And sharper wily mind.
You can't be dull and brutish
If you are one of my kind.
Then she leaned in behind him
And stroked across his chest
Whispering sweet nothings
With her panting sultry breath.
Just let me knead and then caress
Under your silky white.
Let your skin just tense and writhe
And become nice and tight.
On his chest then lower down
And then lower again:
Raising nubs of pleasure
Against his supple skin.
It felt so tight and sensitive
That he grit his teeth and hissed
Clinging to humanity
Though it was hardly missed.
And now you are so foxy.
Just look at that nice paw.
You don't need your hands now
To pull your bow to draw.
Don't whimper now my darling.
Just feel the warm heat grow;
Welling up inside of you,
It's wonderful, I know.
His remaining clothes seemed huge now
As his form did shrink,
With twitching pointed foxy ears
And panting tongue so pink.
And what do we have here,
At the base of your orange back?
It's just what you were looking for,
Just feel it twist and crack.
And there's the luscious fur now
Just racing down its length.
It wags as your legs tighten
And form with vulpine strength.
And so the man stands panting,
Now on padded paws.
His fluffy tail wags fitfully
His tongue licks past his jaws.
And now the girl looms over him,
Her graceful form so large.
She watches him intently,
Taking stock of her new charge.
There's one last thing, Her paw slides down
The orange fur on his back.
Something that a vixen has,
And something that you lack.
Her fingers slide behind him,
And he let's loose a yip.
She take's his vulpine pride in hand
And squeezes with her grip.
He groans and whines in pleasure
As her paw rubs in.
His senses blaze in wonder
As his world begins to spin.
I bet my vixen likes that,
Tail thrashing in the air,
Back arced up with neediness;
I tease but take great care
To show you your new body
And all that it can offer.
Your animal enticement
That was mine alone to proffer.
The man then shakes his foxy head
And looks around surprised.
He sees the spirits of the world
With gleaming amber eyes.
When he turns to the woman
He sees her true form there:
A nine tailed fox is standing proud
With shining fiery hair.
Now I have much to teach you
And you have much to learn.
You could leave me if you want to
And my knowledge you could spurn.
Or you could follow closely,
It really is your choice.
In a century you'll grow a tail
And find your real voice.
Then in another hundred years
Your tails will number three,
And I can help you make it there
If you follow me . . .
His thoughts were stopped, his hackles raised
He loosed a hacking sound.
As something from inside of him
He then spat out on the ground
Oh there it was, I told you
Of the ball I lost before.
She grasped the shining silver thing
With promises in store.
You'll find an orb as well, you know,
When your tails number eight,
And maybe when you have all nine
Then you can be my mate . . .
And then she walked away from him
And padded towards the trees.
The man's foxy mind was racing
With possibilities.
With a start, he trotted after her
Taking leaping vulpine bounds.
They entered in the forest there
So filled with nature's sounds.
The lessons that he learned were swift
The years flew by and by.
The seasons changing rapidly;
New foxy things to try.
He had to start with just one tail,
But gained his other eight.
And the one who helped him do so
Then became his perfect mate.
Two female fox's mischief
Was know throughout the lands.
Their forest was made sacred
And spared from human plans.
So let the be a lesson,
And all that it entails:
There's just one way to skin a fox
But several to find tails.